Issue

XU BING, Monkeys Grasp for the Moon, 2001, fibreglass, wood, dimensions variable, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Xu Bing: Cultural translator

NILIMA SHEIKH, When Champa Grew Up—12, 1984, tempera on paper, 30.2 x 40.5 cm, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester.

Conversations: Nilima Sheikh and Shahzia Sikander

Seated image of Amitabha (Amida) Buddha, Japan, Heian period (794-1185), 11th century- 12th century, nutmeg wood with black lacquer and some gilding, 53.5 cm, Art Gallery of New So

Buddha: Radiant awakening

LIM OK-SANG, Unification Train for the 21st Century, 2000, installation.

The Wow Projects: Putting Art Into Circulation

MASATO NAKAMURA, Minimal Shelves, 2001, lightboxes, each 180 x 260, Courtesy the artist and SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo.

Neo-Tokyo: Japanese Art Now

7th International Istanbul Biennial, 2001, installation view, Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul

Between the East and West: the 7th International Istanbul Biennial

SANGNAM LEE, C/L (W+B9), 1998 (detail), acrylic on canvas, 182.8 x 152.4 cm.

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

SHEN YUAN, Perdre sa Salive (Wasting One's Spittle), 1994, installation, ice, knives, spittoons, 500 x 700 x 200 cm.

Shen Yuan: Just Like a Fish in Water

MIWA YANAGI, Sachiko, 2000 (detail), C-print between plexiglass, 86.7 x 120 cm. © the artist.

Futurescape

SHILPA GUPTA, Sentiment-Express.com, 2001 (detail), installation and website.

Shilpa Gupta

NGUYEN QUANG HUY, Calendar, 2000, watercolour and ink on do paper, 210 x 200 cm, Courtesy Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore. Photograph Gilles Massot.

Hanoi Paris Hanoi

Head of Buddha, 9th century, Indonesia, Central Java, andesite, height 33 cm.Figure of a Man, 6th - 7th century, Japan, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tumulus period, earthenware with traces

Cultural Renovations

GALLERY PROFILE: Metro 5 Gallery and Valentine Willie Fine Art

Anti-American demonstrators in Dhaka at the start of the US-led onslaught on Afghanistan, November 2001. Photograph G.M.B. Akash/Drik.

PEOPLE AND PLACES: Drik